Phalonidia mayarina
| Phalonidia mayarina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Phalonidia |
| Species: | P. mayarina |
| Binomial name | |
| Phalonidia mayarina | |
Phalonidia mayarina is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. The only known specimen of this moth had a wingspan of 18.5 mm (0.73 in). The forewing is cream with a brown-yellow wash, maculated with a yellowish-brown dorsal blotch, a brown blotch on the costa, and a black dot near the tornus. The hindwing is brown-gray with concolorous cilia. It is a Cuban endemic, being known only from its type locality in the municipality Mayarí in the province of Holguín. It was collected at an elevation of 400 m (1,300 ft).
Taxonomy
Phalonidia mayarina was formally described by the Polish entomologist Józef Razowski and the Brazilian entomologist Vitor Osmar Becker in 2007 based on a female collected from the municipality of Mayarí in the province of Holguín in Cuba.[2]
Description
The only known specimen of this moth had a wingspan of 18.5 mm (0.73 in). Both the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the forewing are largely cream with a brown-yellow wash. The wings are maculated dorsally with a yellowish-brown blotch at a third of the wing's length from the base, as well as another brown blotch medially along the costa and a black dot near the tornus. All of these maculations are surrounded by a margin of cream, lacking the brown-yellow hue found on the rest of the forewing. The cilia of the forewing are colored cream. The dorsal and ventral surfaces of the hindwing are brown-gray with concolorous cilia. The thorax is a yellow-brown hued cream color, while the head is just cream.[2]
Distribution
Phalonidia mayarina is a Cuban endemic, being known only from its type locality of Mayarí in the province of Holguín. It was collected at an elevation of 400 m (1,300 ft).[2]
References
- ↑ "PHALONIDIA Le Marchand, 1933". Tortricid.net. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- 1 2 3 Razowski, J.; Becker, V. O. (2007). "Systematic and faunistic data on Neotropical Cochylini, with description of new species. Part 3 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 35 (137). Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología: 67–86.